Top "Zombie-process" questions

On Unix and Unix-like computer operating systems, a zombie process or defunct process is a process that has completed execution but still has an entry in the process table.

How to kill zombie process

I launched my program in the foreground (a daemon program), and then I killed it with kill -9, but I …

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Killing a defunct process on UNIX system

I have a defunct process on my system: abc 22093 19508 0 23:29 pts/4 00:00:00 grep ProcA abc 31756 1 0 Dec08 ? 00:00:00 [ProcA_my_collect] <defunct> …

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Ensuring subprocesses are dead on exiting Python program

Is there a way to ensure all created subprocess are dead at exit time of a Python program? By subprocess …

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Zombie process vs Orphan process

A Zombie is created when a parent process does not use the wait system call after a child dies to …

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Why do processes spawned by cron end up defunct?

I have some processes showing up as <defunct> in top (and ps). I've boiled things down from the …

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Do zombies exist ... in .NET?

I was having a discussion with a teammate about locking in .NET. He's a really bright guy with an extensive …

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How can I prevent zombie child processes?

I am writing a server that uses fork() to spawn handlers for client connections. The server does not need to …

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Create zombie process

I am interested in creating a zombie process. To my understanding, zombie process happens when the parent process exits before …

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How do you kill zombie process using wait()

I have this code that requires a parent to fork 3 children. How do you know (and) where to put the "…

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c# MSOffice Interop Word will not kill winword.exe

I'm writing an application that needed a MSWord document parser. I'm using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document to extract the …

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